“The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.”
Self-mastery
LDS Quotes on Self-Mastery
“The height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. There is no other limitation in either direction. And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish a dominion over himself will have no dominion over others, he who masters himself shall be king.”
| Improvement Era, June 1966, p. 525.
“What we call self-mastery is the necessary price for the things upon which our hearts are set.”
“You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself…the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. …And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
“The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.”
“When it comes to living the gospel, we should not be like the boy who dipped his toe in the water and then claimed he went swimming. As sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, we are capable of so much more. For that, good intentions are not enough. We must do. Even more important, we must become what Heavenly Father wants us to be.”
| "Of Regrets and Resolutions," April 2012
“Upon practicing the law of the fast, one finds a personal well-spring of power to overcome self-indulgence and selfishness.”
| In Conference Report, Apr. 1978, 121.
“Let the father be the head of the family, the master of his own household; and let him treat them as an angel would treat them.”
| Journal of Discourses, 4:55
God doesn’t care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.
Your Father in heaven knows your name and knows your circumstance. He hears your prayers. He knows your hopes and dreams, including your fears and frustrations. And He knows what you can become through faith in Him.